Hand and saddle valise



(No Model.)

W. G. STRUBBE.

HAND AND SADDLE VALISE.

No. 271,540. Patented Jan.30, 1883.

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\VILLIAM G. STRUBBE,

PATENT Orrrce.

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAND AND SADDLE VALISE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,540, dated January 30, 1883.

Application filed March 11. 1582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. STRUBBE, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in Hand and Saddle Valises, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hand and saddle valise, showing the two sections ready to be secured to each other to be used as a hand-valise. Fig. 2 is end view of same, showing the sections reversed and in position to be placed on the saddle of a horse. Fig. 3 is a top view of the sections united. Fig. I is a top view ofone ofthe sections. Fig. 5 is a perspective end view, enlarged, of portions of the two sections, showing the manner of uniting the same. Fig. 6 is enlarged end view of same, showing one of the sections; Fig. 7, view of modified form of belt or strap, and Fig. Sis a view of modified form of securing the sections together.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined hand and saddle valise. Itis the design to so construct the same that when the. two sections are united and in condition to be used as a hand-valise it will externally present the appearance of an ordinary valise.- At the same time it can be readily converted into what is known as the ordinary saddle-bag, saddle-valise, or miners valise.

To this end it consists in constructing the valise in two sections, each of which constitutes a complete valise. On the sides facing each other the edges are provided with fastening devices, wherebythey may be united with each other. A belt or band for strapping it over the saddle, preferably as wide as the'sections are long, has its opposite ends secured to the upper and outer corners, either p'ertnanently or in such a manner that it may be readily removed, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the sections constituting the complete valise. Each of these sections may be complete in itself, like the ordinary valise, except that the handles K are preferably placed on one side, as shown. In case, however, the

strap or belt for suspending the sections is strapped across the top from section to section,

one of its ends a rib, D, extending along that corner which unites or comes in contact with the opposite section. This rib is semi-tubular, having its convex surface outward, so that the flange or lip O of the section A enters the inner concave side, as shown in Fig. 3. The opposite end of the section A has hinged thereto a semi-tubularv rib. E, asshown in Fig. 5. \Vhen the two' sections are to be secured to each other the flange of one end of the section A is placed into the rib D, and the hinged rib E is then turned, permitting the flange G to be grasped by it. The rib E is then turned back on the flange O, and to provide a means for holdingit there thumb-nuts F or catches Gr are employed.

It is obvious that various other means may be employed to hold the hinged rib in position.

sists in providing each section on the inner side with a flange or projecting rib. In one flange, a, is a slat, and corresponding thereto on the flange a is a thumb-nut, F, which, when placed through the slat and-turned, serves to hold the two sections together.

H represents a band, belt, or strap, having the ends secured to the outer sides of the sections A A by means of the buttons I; or it may be permanently attached to the sections.

I prefer to have the band or beltH attached I; but in case a band or belt of the form repmay be put through the sheaths I on the sides of the sections and buckled to the straps I; or the straps I may be put through the sheaths I and afterward buckled to the straps H. The band H may also be drawn over the top of both sections without being folded down between the sections where the sections are large; or the belt may be strapped across under the section.

When in use as a hand-valise the sections the bottom. The opposite section, A, has at.

In Fig. S I show a modified form. This conresented by H is used, then its end straps, H,

to the sections A A by means of the buttons A A are turned with the inner sides facing each other, as shown in Fig. 1, and the band H folded down between the two sections preparatory to securing them together. Slits J through the band, to correspond with the location of the handles K, permit them to projectthrough the band. The handles are thus in proper position to be grasped by the hand.

\Vhen desired for use as a saddle-valise the sections are disunited and reversed, as shown in Fig. The handles are thus on the outside. The band H forms a loop, which, when placed over the saddle on a. horse, suspends the sections.

In Fig. 1 the dotted lines L represent a flap which is used only when the valise is employed on the saddle. This is shown more fully in the end view Fig. 2. This is designed as a protection to the valise, when used by the rider, so as to guard against the moisture of the animal. Previous to uniting the sections A A the flap L is folded up under the band H it it is not desired to expose it.

The object of securing the band H to the outside of the sections is to prevent the metallic ribs and flange E O on the inner sides from coming in contact with the animal when strapped on the saddle.

In Fig. l, on the side of section A, is shown four straps, I, secured at their upper ends to staples which project from the valise at a point midway between the top and bottom.

In Fig. 7 is shown a modified form of the sustaining strap, band, or belt H, formed preferably of two parts and united as shown. The ends terminate in straps H, provided with buckles. The belt thus constructed may be used instead of the belt as shown in Fig. 1. In case this modified form H is used for sustaining the valises on the saddle, the straps Iare turned up, put through the loops 1, and projecting ends H of the belt II buckled thereto; but when the two sections of the valise are united the belt H extends from side to side, underthe valise or above it. It is obvious that the belt H may also be placed over and between the two sections A A", as shown by the belt H. In either case it is clear that the opposite ends of the sustaining belt or band are attached to the outer sides of the sections A A. When the straps I are employed the flap L may or may not be dispensed with. A similar flap can be made on both sides of each valise, one used against the horse and the other exposed to the weather. The side straps, I, and loops 1 can be drawn through openings in the flaps L. The flaps L may be sewed to the belt, as shown in Fig. 7.

The sheaths I on the side of the sections, near the top, are designed for the straps I when the sections are suspended over the saddle.

I am aware it is not new to have a valise formed of two sections, and I do not claim this, broadly.

Having described niyinvention, what I claim 1s- 1. In' hand and saddle valises, the separately-formed section A, having on the inner side at each end flanges or ribs 0, in combination with the separately-formed section A, having at the inner side on one end a permanent rib, D, and at the opposite end a hinged semi-tubular rib, E, adapted to open and close on the flange O, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In hand and saddle valises, the sections A A, having the flanges G, permanent rib D, and hinged rib E, with the belt, band, or strap H, attached tothe outer side of the sections, and the straps I and loops 1, attached to the outer sides of the sections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of March, 1882, in the presence of witnesses.

WILLIAM G. ST IUBBE.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, O. J. BAILEY. 

